Octazooka (move)

Octazooka オクタンほう Okutank Cannon

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Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  65 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the Judge's attention.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Octazooka on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Octazooka on Eevee's Movedex

Octazooka (Japanese: オクタンほう Okutank Cannon) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation II. It is Octillery's signature move.

Effect

Octazooka inflicts damage and has a 50% chance to lower the target's Accuracy by one stage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
224		Octillery	Water		Water	25			25			25				25
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
116		Horsea	Water		Water
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 116 Horsea Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Marcellus's Octillery	Harley's Octillery
The user fires an orb of water at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Octillery	Octillery releases a shining blue orb of water from its mouth at the opponent, or Octillery fires an orange blast at the opponent from its mouth.
Marcellus's Octillery	Octillery the Outcast		Debut
Harley's Octillery	Harley Rides Again		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Ken's Octillery	Saturn's Octillery	launching the move
The user fires a ball of ink at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Octillery	Octillery fires a ball of watery ink from its mouth at the opponent, or Octillery's eyes widen and it fires a large and powerful beam of ink from its mouth at the opponent.
Ken's Octillery	The Last Battle II		Debut
Saturn's Octillery	VS. Octillery		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All the same Pokémon have learned Octazooka in all the same ways in every generation so far.
• Based on their Japanese names, Crabhammer and this are the only moves so far that have a name of a Pokémon in them.
  • Coincidentally, they are both Water-type moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 章魚桶炮 Zhāng​yú​tǒng Pào​​ French Octazooka German Octazooka Greek Μελανοβόλο Korean 대포무노포 Daepomuno Po Serbian Oktazuka Spanish Pulpocañón

Variations of the move Octazooka
Octazooka • Mirror Shot • Mud Bomb

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.